Comments on: IM Levon Altounian talks about the Scorpion Openings including his game http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/09/im-levon-altounian-talks-about-the-scorpion-openings-including-his-game/ United States Chess League Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:11:34 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jackson Showalter http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/09/im-levon-altounian-talks-about-the-scorpion-openings-including-his-game/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Jackson Showalter Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:04:32 +0000 http://arizonascorpionchess.com/?p=900#comment-151 In a strange "echo", the same nice redeployment 24. Bc2! wins immediately later on in the game. For example, 24...Bxe5 25. Qxc5 Bd6 26. Ba4+ Ke7 27. Bg5+!! hxg5 28. Qxg5+ and wins. In a strange “echo”, the same nice redeployment 24. Bc2! wins immediately later on in the game. For example, 24…Bxe5 25. Qxc5 Bd6 26. Ba4+ Ke7 27. Bg5+!! hxg5 28. Qxg5+ and wins.

]]> By: Jackson Showalter http://arizonascorpionchess.com/2009/09/im-levon-altounian-talks-about-the-scorpion-openings-including-his-game/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Jackson Showalter Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:59:12 +0000 http://arizonascorpionchess.com/?p=900#comment-150 The cute redeployment 13. Bc2! blasts Burnett off the board in a miniature. Example lines: 13...Rb8 14. Ba4+ Nd7 15. f4! and wins before move 20. Or: 13....Qd7 trying in vain to stop 14. Ba4. There follows, you guessed it, 14. Ba4! Qxa4 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Nc4! and wins. The cute redeployment 13. Bc2! blasts Burnett off the board in a miniature. Example lines:

13…Rb8 14. Ba4+ Nd7 15. f4! and wins before move 20.

Or:

13….Qd7 trying in vain to stop 14. Ba4. There follows, you guessed it, 14. Ba4! Qxa4 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Nc4! and wins.

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